Tag: photos of the week
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2017 Aston Martin DB11, 2018 BMW X5, Ole Yeller Mustang Shelby GT350: This Week’s Top Photos
With its striking yellow paint scheme and neon green accents, this Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350 isn’t your average pony car. That’s because it was inspired by one of the best-known fighter aircraft ever to take to the skies. If you want it you can’t have it because the one and only example…
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2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro starts at $41,700, ain’t no mountain high enough
We saw it coming, but that doesn’t soften the blow much now that it’s here. Toyota announced this week that prices for its 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD, an off-roading pickup powerhouse, will start at $41,700, including destination. That’s the entry price for a 6-speed manual transmission pickup with all the skid-plating, kevlar-tire-reinforcing…
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Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster, Bristol Bullet, alternative Chiron design: This Week’s Top Photos
Seventy years after its founding and five years after it was saved from insolvency, niche British sports car marque Bristol is back with a new model, the deliciously-retro Bullet speedster. The car weighs just 2,500 pounds thanks to a mix of aluminum and carbon fiber and is powered by a 370-horsepower V-8 sourced from BMW.…
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2,000-horspower Nissan GT-R crashes after 218-mph speed run
Would you be willing to pilot a Nissan GT-R modified to put out 2,000 horsepower? How would you feel at speeds exceeding 200 mph? And what would you do if it all started to go wrong during braking from a speed run? One lucky fellow with Team Insanity Racing had the guts to find out…
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Jannarelly Design-1, 2017 Nissan GT-R at Spa, 2018 Mercedes A-Class: This Week’s Top Photos
Sports car startup Jannarelly this week unveiled its gorgeous Design-1 roadster. The best part is that Jannarelly, based in Dubai, is hoping to get the car into U.S. showrooms for just $55k. It sure would be a tasty track toy. This week we spent some time behind the wheel of the 2017 Porsche Macan GTS.…
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2018 Jaguar F-Type, 2017 Porsche 911 RSR, Hyperloop One test: This Week’s Top Photos
Jaguar is out testing an updated version of its F-Type sports car and we spotted one of the prototypes running at the Nürburgring. Among the updates will be a tweaked front end, LED headlights, and possibly a turbocharged 4-cylinder as the new base option. Fancy the look of a classic Porsche 911 but with the…
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2017 Aston Martin Vantage GT8, 2017 Shelby GT350, Miura body in white: This Week’s Top Photos
This big, bad Aston Martin Vantage is a new variant thought to be called the GT8. It’s a track-focused version of the Aston Martin sports car derived from the Vantage GTE racer competing in the World Endurance Championship. It’s likely to be the last Vantage special before the next-generation car arrives. This week Audi took…
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Roborace autonomous racer, Ferrari F40 in the snow, Aston Martin Vantage GTE: This Week’s Top Photos
Whether you like it or not, autonomous racing, where cars dart around tracks without a human onboard, will soon be a reality. A exhibition-style competition called Roborace has already been announced and within the year will hold its first race. The cars competing were previewed in concept form this week. The big news this week…
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Never used Ford GT heading to Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction
Imagine having the keys to a car and then never driving it. Now imagine if those keys unlocked and started a 2006 Heritage Edition Ford GT. It’s actually hard to imagine never starting and driving such a machine, isn’t it? Well that’s what happened here, and this Gulf-colored beast is still packaged in delivery mode…
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2016 New York Auto Show edition
There were plenty of surprises at this past week’s New York Auto Show but one of the best was the unveiling of the updated 2017 Nissan GT-R. The changes are the most significant since the GT-R’s 2009 debut, and they’re likely the last before an all-new version of Godzilla arrives on the scene. Along with…